You wrote earlier about how to change the cover photo on a Pinterest pinboard, but that one’s obsolete! How do I change my cover photo with the latest user interface?
Ah, you’re right! As with every Web site, Pinterest keeps tweaking and updating its user interface, and some of our tutorials end up obsoleted by these changes. Frustrating, to say the least, but a rather inevitable consequence of the fact that all of us Web publishers are doing our best to continually optimize the user experience. Which is fancy wording to say “yeah, it changed. again.” 🙂
Usually changes are subtle and nuanced, a button moving somewhere else, an option being relabeled in a menu. Not this time!
To start, click on your name on any Pinterest page to get to the page that shows all your pinboards:
I’m going to change the cover photo of my Books, Movies and TV pinboard.
To do that, click on the “Edit” button or just do what I do, click on the cover photo itself…
Tip: There used to be a ‘change cover photo’ option that appeared if you hovered over the image. That’s no more!
From this point a click on “Edit board” will get me to the right place, or, if you clicked on “Edit” in the previous view, you’ll go straight to this window without the intermediate step. Either way, here’s where you’ll end up:
As you can see, you can change the name, add a description, associate this board with a map location or… change the cover image by clicking on “Change” just below the category option.
Now you’ll get to the old pick-cover-photo window:
At this point you can use the arrow key to step through possible images to find your favorite. Note that it crops a bit weird (you can see it above) so keep that in mind when you’re choosing.
Got the perfect image? Sweet! Click on “Save Changes” to update your Pinterest board cover photo!
Here’s the new image I settled on:
Recognize it? It’s from the publicity photo for the Disney film Tomorrowland.
And that’s how ya do it on Pinterest.
Looking for me on Pinterest? Great. You can find me here: Dave Taylor on Pinterest. Please do follow, I post tons of pics.
hey Dave I have a question I have a fiance who has a friend who has her profile pic on pinterest and youtube as him and her when they used to see each other and he asked her to change the picture due to respect to our relationship she changed the picture and took her and him off then later the picture of her and him returns she states to him that Pinterest and youtube miraculously changed the picture back and she didn’t do it. Is that possible? I don’t think because once you change your profile pic it stays. Is there any way that it changes itself back.
Sheryl, it’s possible that it would revert to an earlier pic, but it sounds like she might have forgotten to click “Save” and wait until it finished the upload. Have her try again and good luck!
Absolutely hate the changes that Pinterest have made, hate it, hate it, hate.
Visually and aesthetically horrible
Have told them, they couldn’t care less.
Hardly ever visit Pinterest, my Boards or anybody else’s now,
Help! I doesn’t save my board cover changes. Save the cover, check. Save the board, check. And Pinterest won’t keep my changes. I have tried with different boards and nothing.
HATE! HATE! HATE! Three Photo Update! THREE teeny photos squished vs. ONE attention-getting ONE. Why not let us [the pinners] CHOOSE which we prefer?? Another example of “NEW” is NOT “IMPROVED”
Dave,
I hate the new update with three photos. The new setup doesn’t make me want to click on anything. Eye candy appeal is gone. Will Pinterest listen?
Thks
Both Cover and Map are not in my edit box as the other items are. I’m trying to set up my boards; just started a few days ago. Does Pinterest restrict new users to blank boards?
Thanks for that!
Even with my glasses on, I couldn’t find where to change my cover photos in Pinterest!
Hi Nicole. Have you tried searching for the comment below the pin? Not sure how to suggest you solve your problem, Pinterest isn’t really designed for that 🙂